Publication date:
10 December 2015Length of book:
200 pagesPublisher
Lyons PressISBN-13: 9780762796502
Williams tackles a host of controversial subjects in this collection of nineteen impassioned essays dealing mostly with humanity's abuses of the natural world.
"Joy Williams is now the most gifted writer of her generation." -- Harold Brodkey
"Joy Williams is simply a wonder." -- Raymond Carver
"Savage, serious, hilarious, passionate, loving, and lyrical." --Kirkus Reviews
"Williams means to incite, rattle, and pique. Extremely well informed.... These howls, protests, and pleas for sanity are lacerating, brilliant, and necessary." --Booklist
"Williams brings plenty of heat to the page--and plenty of light, too." --Amazon.com
"Compelling...Highly recommended." --Library Journal
"She's seriously ticked off, wholly unapologetic, and enormously fun to read." --San Diego Union-Tribune
"Joy Williams is simply a wonder." -- Raymond Carver
"Savage, serious, hilarious, passionate, loving, and lyrical." --Kirkus Reviews
"Williams means to incite, rattle, and pique. Extremely well informed.... These howls, protests, and pleas for sanity are lacerating, brilliant, and necessary." --Booklist
"Williams brings plenty of heat to the page--and plenty of light, too." --Amazon.com
"Compelling...Highly recommended." --Library Journal
"She's seriously ticked off, wholly unapologetic, and enormously fun to read." --San Diego Union-Tribune